The most obvious cause of inadequacy in our understanding of Minoan Religion is the lack of scriptures, prayers and recorded religious texts. What we are left with however is a mass of often chaotic archaeological evidence, found in their shrines, places of worship, ranging statues and art; more specifically their pottery, seals, murals and frescoes.
This state resigns almost all conclusions to educated guesses, and on occasion radical unsupported guesses. Though some things are clearly evident in the masses of archaeological evidence. Interpretations and outside knowledge (more over, tha…